What "man jobs" have you done today?

Quality of materials matter a lot. Some decent cladding will cost more than your entire shed alone, before you factor in other costs like garden rooms having a high quality interior finish, full insulation etc. Your shed is fine and all that but it looks exactly like what it is, a cheaply built shed.
 
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Quality of materials matter a lot. Some decent cladding will cost more than your entire shed alone, before you factor in other costs like garden rooms having a high quality interior finish, full insulation etc. Your shed is fine and all that but it looks exactly like what it is, a cheaply built shed.
thats not finished yet, its just wrapped to be watertight and theres no cheap materials used either...... OSB Zero isnt cheap and neither is the metal roof.
 
OSB is dirt cheap compared to proper thick timbers they build those £10k garden rooms from, even thinner loglaps etc on a frame will be a lot more than some OSB. As for metal roof, yes its cheap compared to the stuff used on those expensive rooms you mentioned, like cedar shingles.
 
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OSB is dirt cheap compared to proper thick timbers they build those £10k garden rooms from, even thinner loglaps etc on a frame will be a lot more than some OSB. As for metal roof, yes its cheap compared to the stuff used on those expensive rooms you mentioned, like cedar shingles.
absolute nonsense.... people on here are not fitting cedar shingles or proper thick timbers. The timbers i have used are exactly the same as in the garden room build pack available online that people are using. stop trying to justify spending were its not needed. i also double studded and double top plated for extra security of the roof, walls and panels.
 
absolute nonsense.... people on here are not fitting cedar shingles or proper thick timbers. The timbers i have used are exactly the same as in the garden room build pack available online that people are using. stop trying to justify spending were its not needed. i also double studded and double top plated for extra security of the roof, walls and panels.
Its not nonsense you just dont understand the cost of quality materials.

Lets remember what you said.

So no idea why garden rooms cost 10k+ to build
So now you have an idea of how things can cost a lot more than your £800.
 
Its not nonsense you just dont understand the cost of quality materials.

Lets remember what you said.


So now you have an idea of how things can cost a lot more than your £800.
again total nonsense, ive seen the build packs they sell and my local timber yard would do that at a fraction of the price.....i understand the cost of materials as im the one paying the invoices. If you want to justify the price to yourself, i above no problem with that... but those costs are abhorrent
 
again total nonsense, ive seen the build packs they sell and my local timber yard would do that at a fraction of the price.....i understand the cost of materials as im the one paying the invoices. If you want to justify the price to yourself, i above no problem with that... but those costs are abhorrent
Its only total nonsense in your head. You seem ignorant to the fact that high quality materials and a superior aesthetic result, proper livable garden room will cost a lot more than your shed and that is just a simple fact. I can only assume you are being deliberately obtuse here.
 
Its only total nonsense in your head. You seem ignorant to the fact that high quality materials and a superior aesthetic result, proper livable garden room will cost a lot more than your shed and that is just a simple fact. I can only assume you are being deliberately obtuse here.
the actual framing for a garden room is no different in the framing for any building or shed. The only difference is the finished cladding, its just fact. even adding thermal to the walls and then plaster boarding would not cost an additional Circa 9k or even 6K if you took bifold doors into account.

your just being hoodwinked by companies, as your not brave enough to look into doing it yourself. i paid 10yrs ago £1500 for a log lap garden room, that is sooo far inferior material wise to what i just built Like it or not, it just is.
 
the actual framing for a garden room is no different in the framing for any building or shed. The only difference is the finished cladding, its just fact. even adding thermal to the walls and then plaster boarding would not cost an additional Circa 9k or even 6K if you took bifold doors into account.

your just being hoodwinked by companies, as your not brave enough to look into doing it yourself. i paid 10yrs ago £1500 for a log lap garden room, that is sooo far inferior material wise to what i just built Like it or not, it just is.
I built my own from scratch many years ago now. Still standing thanks. I'm just trying to explain to you how things can cost more. Also they don't all use the same framing at all, many of the more expensive ones actually use proper interlocking logs or thick timbers think 70-100mm with no frame at all like a proper log cabin. Just another nuance to the world of garden rooms, not everything is cheap even if you build it yourself.
 
I built my own from scratch many years ago now. Still standing thanks. I'm just trying to explain to you how things can cost more. Also they don't all use the same framing at all, many of the more expensive ones actually use proper interlocking logs or thick timbers think 70-100mm with no frame at all like a proper log cabin. Just another nuance to the world of garden rooms, not everything is cheap even if you build it yourself.
i used 100mm timbers.... so again, no different. and not all garden rooms are interlocking logs
 
i used 100mm timbers.... so again, no different. and not all garden rooms are interlocking logs
Its like speaking to a brick wall in here. You used 100mm framing timber, you didnt use 100mm interlocking logs. There is a world of difference here between that and what you did which is screw some OSB to some frame work but it seems you will never grasp it.

Also I never said all garden room use interlocking logs, again I just showed you another way in which things can be more expensive than your shed.
 
Its like speaking to a brick wall in here. You used 100mm framing timber, you didnt use 100mm interlocking logs. There is a world of difference here between that and what you did which is screw some OSB to some frame work but it seems you will never grasp it.

Also I never said all garden room use interlocking logs, again I just showed you another way in which things can be more expensive than your shed.
i also said, people on here that i have seen building them...which yuou seem to have glazed over in the communications. not one person that has showed a build on here has used interlocking logs, they have used standard framing timber. Goes to show that some people only see what they want to see.

Also the builds on here have also used OSB so again its like for like on framing and OSB and they have still cost them circa 10k. but again you seem to dismiss that
 
i also said, people on here that i have seen building them...which yuou seem to have glazed over in the communications. not one person that has showed a build on here has used interlocking logs, they have used standard framing timber. Goes to show that some people only see what they want to see.

Also the builds on here have also used OSB so again its like for like on framing and OSB and they have still cost them circa 10k. but again you seem to dismiss that
I've never seen anyone on here spend £10k and the end result is a shed like yours tbh. I'd be laughing all over that.
 
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I've never seen anyone on here spend £10k and the end result is a shed like yours tbh. I'd be laughing all over that.
because mine isnt finished yet....but it would'nt cost an extar circa 6k to finish it too look like a garden room. Thats what your not getting, because you've gone off in a rant of mine cost more and its better than yours.

i could add double glazed windows and doors, cladd in cedar and still cost less then the equivalent garden room build
 
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because mine isnt finished yet....but it would cost an extar circa 6k to finish it too look like a garden room. Thats what your not getting, because you've gone off in a rant of mine cost more and its better than yours.

i could add double glazed windows and doors, cladd in cedar and still cost less then the equivalent garden room build
I've not gone off on any rant, i've simply said better materials cost more, a lot more than what you have used and you didnt like it very much.
 
I've not gone off on any rant, i've simply said better materials cost more, a lot more than what you have used and you didnt like it very much.
for the build i have used the same materials that garden rooms are being sold with...not more, not less. Finish materials are different but i could still finish it like a garden room and spend waaaaaaaaay less money..... theres is no difference in build quality
 
Shock as DIY is cheaper than building a pack or off the shelf unit?

I've explained multiple times how and why things could cost more even when DIYing yourself, its your choice what you do with that information.
 
Shock as DIY is cheaper than building a pack or off the shelf unit?

I've explained multiple times how and why things could cost more even when DIYing yourself, its your choice what you do with that information.
no, you said superior materials used. But he aint using anything superior, you just dont want to admit it.
anyway, i have my say. Enjoy the rest of your day.
 
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